November 5th Disneyland Resort UpdatePage 1 of 53

by Rebekah and Doobie MoseleyNovember 5, 2001

Features early LuminAria pictures, holiday decorations around the Disneyland Resort, Minnie's Christmas Party and much more of the happenings of around the Disneyland Resort - more than 200 pictures in all.

Welcome to the November 5, 2001 Disneyland Resort Update. Features in this update is
testing of LuminAria, the new nighttime show at Disney's California Adventure opening on
November 9th. Holiday decorations all over the Disneyland Resort are also included along
with the new Disneyland Resort Ambassador, the final Steps in Time and Animazement,
Believe in Holiday Magic and much, much more!

Upcoming Events and Special Notes

LuminAria officially opens on November 9th. Click here for the press release. Pictures of
testing are below.

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Not only has LuminAria not officially opened (that's on November 9th), it hasn't even
begun previews. This pictures were taken from outside the park during a test run of the
show. Undoubtedly certain elements weren't included and others may not have been running
to full effect, so please keep that in mind when viewing the pictures.

LuminAria officially opens November 9th. However hotel guests have been treated to a sneak
peek during testing. The next four pages offer pictures of LuminAria as viewed from the
Grand Californian hotel. The pictures are shown in no particular order.Click here for a much larger version of this picture(1024 X 768, 35,889 bytes)